by Steven Doyle
As we reported first on craveDFW the Coffee House Café is open after ironing out the first week’s kinks in staff, and the kitchen is humming along in full swing.
The restaurant that is located on the south west corner of Frankford and Preston and owned by first time restaurateur Carrie Kelleher fills a niche in the area that lacks a proper breakfast, brunch and lunch menu. Indeed, this is all the Coffee House is serving at the moment. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, Breakfast, Brunch, Burgers, chefs, Cocktails, Crave, restaurant news, Restaurant Opening, Steven Doyle, Stick of Butter
by Joy Jangles
The Latin culture, often venerated for its expansive and diverse flavors, showcases their passion for life through their robust, flavorful and inventive dishes. Blending European traditions with Latin American soul, La Duni mixes the flavors, aromas, colors, textures, forms and sounds of both cultures to create the ultimate “Mestizo” experience. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, Brunch, chefs, Food Porn Alert, Joy Jangles, Sunday Brunch
by Crave Staff
We would like to try a new feature each week called Watcha Doin’ This Weekend. This will be a great forum to share ideas on the happenings in Dallas and Fort Worth. What special restaurant do you have reservations for tonight? You may also brag about any weekend travel plans.
Also, we would like to invite any establishment wishing to announce a special, opening, or concert to share with us here. Consider this a free ad. Continue reading
by Steven Doyle
With a clear, hands down victory we award this weeks People’s Choice Award for Breakfast to Smoke located at the Belmont Hotel in Oak Cliff.
The funky hotel located at the highest point in Dallas has come into its own with the guidance of chef Tim Byres, who over the past year has garnered top honors not just locally, but across the nation. For those visiting Smoke for any meal they will surely attest to his ingenuity in the kitchen, with certain kudos to the Smoke breakfast and brunch menu which features such luminous dishes as a bruleed grapefruit served with the hearty Gristmill Cheese Grits-Hominy Casserole, or the House Made Ricotta Cheese Pancakes that is heavy-laden with a satchel of blueberries. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Sometimes your fate is sealed for you, even before you realize it. When we allow ourselves to search deep enough to find our true being, magical things can happen. Dean Fearing, chef and owner of the highly acclaimed restaurant Fearings is joining us this week for our Sunday Brunch, featuring his famous Fried Quail with a fresh Heirloom Tomato Salad. Continue reading
Filed under Brunch, chefs, fun with food, Joy Jangles, Sunday Brunch, Uptown
by Joy Jangles
Tre Wilcox is tough. His fearless attitude in the kitchen has lead him to creating his ultimate masterpiece: Marquee Grill – an innovative twist on Modern American Cuisine. This week I had the amazing opportunity to interview Chef Wilcox for our Sunday Brunch series. He’ll be sharing his “Bacon” and Waffles – a house cured pork belly served alongside a stack of buttermilk waffles and drizzled with a huckleberry maple syrup. Continue reading
Filed under Bacon, Brunch, chefs, fun with food, Joy Jangles, North Dallas, Sunday Brunch
by Steven Doyle photos by Robert Bostick
In just a matter of two weeks Dallas will see a new restaurant on the scene located just to the west of Preston on Frankford that will serve breakfast, brunch and lunch called Coffee House Café. You may have seen the construction over the past few moths at the large building that was formerly a series of Tex Mex restaurants, and the new owner is happily setting up her happy kingdom that should rule the for a long time to come.
Single mom Carrie Kelleher is new to the restaurant industry but she has gone to extreme lengths to ensure her success. First, she bought the building. Then Kelleher went to industry leaders to develop menus and learn the business from the back of the house perspective. We actually met her while testing dishes at the Milestone Culinary Center many months ago.
Her background is impressive, working in corporate America and in the non-profit sector as well as an adjunct professor at UTD but has always had a desire to be in hospitality. Continue reading
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by Melissa Brenner
For some odd reason brunch is the absolute hardest meal to get as a vegan in Dallas. Most vegan places don’t serve brunch; those that do don’t serve alcohol (which is most of the fun of brunch, right? I mean you need that Mimosa or Bloody Mary to recover from Saturday night). When I do go out for brunch the alcohol is usually all I can have and as much as that sounds like a good idea, it’s really not.
Brunch is pretty egg-centric in the mainstream food world, so I get that it can be an intimidating meal for a non-vegan restaurant or chef. We have become adept at mastering the flax egg and other replacements, as evidenced by the amazing pot luck brunches thrown by the Dallas Vegan group, but those are not items that an omnivore might even imagine as options. Continue reading
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